Life — December 5, 1895 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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AYMOND & WHITCOMB TOURS. ALL TRAVELING EXPENSES INCLUDED. A collection of humorous drawings by the fanx ran “CHIP,” s elsewhere. Large Quarto, handsomely bound. o well known in the columns of Lire a fic 9%x12, on plate pap Price, $1.00. “Chip’s” Old Special trains of magniticent Vestibuled Sleeping 2 and Dining Cars will i New York at frequent intervals for Califomia. The tickets cover every expense of travel both ways. and give the holder entire freedom of movement on the Pacific Coast and for the return trip. They may be used on any lar train until July, 1896, or on our own special vestibuled trains w ith personal es- cort. Choice of routes for the outward and return trip. These tours are intended principally for those who wish ‘o travel in the most comfortable manner. Tours to Atlanta Exposition, Florida, Cuba, Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, the Yellowstone Nationa! Park, Yosemite Valle: Islands, Japan, China, Europe, including Russia, etc., etc., in oo Independent Railroad and Steamship tickets to all points. Send for descriptive book mentioning particular information desired. RAYMOND & WHITCOMB, 3t East t4th St., Lincoln Building, Union Square, New York. bind) Constable KaCo, Rich Furs. Fur-lined Cloaks, Alaska Seal Coats, Persian Lamb Capes BROADWAY Filion OES FOURTH AVE. FEilion. FEuakes Stewart & Co, OF COURSE YOU BUY BOOKS But how do you buy? Haphazard nine times in ten— The usuai Book store ts either a jumble of accidents or a dreary waste of methodical FOURTH ANE particularly at the holiday season. gloominess. Have you noticed how we are handling Books? A PERFECT BOOK STORE? Yes, as near to it as you need ever hope to see. Generously stocked with the best Carlyle’s French Revolution, 2 vols., ®2.50. Allthe current magazines are on sale, and we take subscriptions for any magazine or newspaper. RUSSIAN SABLES, ERMINE. Fur Muffs, Collarettes, Fur Trimmings. Fur Gloves and Gauntlets. RUGS, ROBES. Broadway Aig ot. NEW YORK. and newest books—the old familiars and all. These sets of standard books are all bound in fine half calf with gilt tops, and should not be confused with the cheap imitations offered in some stores. The leather of these sets is in English calf, and the workmanship is first class. Many. new and attractive tints in the bindings. Dickens's Works, six ‘vols., 816.50. Bulwer, 13 vols., Thackeray, 10 vols., #10.50. Ruskin's Works, ‘ally Monrted, many of the plates colored, 13 vols., ® Ruskin’s Modern Painters, 5 v Ruskin'aStories of Venic ee Irving’s Works, 9 vols., ©: Irving's Works, without the Life of Wash- ington, 6 vols., Invingre Lite-of Washingt i Charles, Novel st a, ular Works, 7 vols., Macaulay's England, 5 vols. “ae Macaulay's Essays, 3 ¥ols.: 63.50. Shakespeare's Works, 4 vols., 4. Prescott's Conquest of Mexico, 3 vole, @3. Prescott's Ferdinand é Isabella, 5 vols, $3. Prescott’s Conquest of Peru. 2 vols. @ Emerson's Essays, 2 vols., ©2. ‘GorrananT Foe @ntaT HOLIDAY GLOVES An unmatched stock of them. Eight months of getting ready. The markets of Europe ransacked. And to-day we can say that such a line of Gloves as we show has never been exhibited in any retail house in America. Among the notable special brands are : The Dollar Glove. The Gismonda. The Ascot. The Wear Well. ‘The Souveraine, All our Gloves at $1 and more are guaranteed— that is, a new Glove will be given in every case where the Glove is not satisfactory because of defect in leather or The Russia. | fit. For Evening Wear the Souveraine Suede Kid in 12, 16.and 20 button lengths. Never pieced. and unsurpassed for per- fect workmanship, evenness of leather and fit. For a Christmas gift nothing more fit than 1 pair or 6 or 12 pairs of fine kid Wood Cuts]. Another collection of quaint and amusing sketche by F. P. W. BELLEW (“Chip”). 9% x12, on plate paper, handsomely bound. Price, $1.00. , | For sale by all booksellers, or will be sent postpaid to any address on receipt ‘of price by the publishers. R. H. Russell & Son, 33 Rose St./, NEW YORK. Large Quan mim | Stern Bro§ are now exhibiting in their Fur Dept’s Later Importations of Sealskin and Persian Jackets, Capes and Collarettes. Cloth and Fancy Silk Fur-Lined Wraps with a large assortment of Coachmen’s Fur: West 23d St comicbooks.com